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Curated Decay
- Heritage beyond Saving
Engelsk Paperback
Curated Decay
- Heritage beyond Saving
Engelsk Paperback

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Transporting readers from derelict homesteads to imperiled harbors, postindustrial ruins to Cold War test sites, Curated Decay presents an unparalleled provocation to conventional thinking on the conservation of cultural heritage. Caitlin DeSilvey proposes rethinking the care of certain vulnerable sites in terms of ecology and entropy, and explains how we must adopt an ethical stance that allows us to collaborate with—rather than defend against—natural processes. 

Curated Decay chronicles DeSilvey’s travels to places where experiments in curated ruination and creative collapse are under way, or under consideration. It uses case studies from the United States, Europe, and elsewhere to explore how objects and structures produce meaning not only in their preservation and persistence, but also in their decay and disintegration. Through accessible and engaging discussion of specific places and their stories, it traces how cultural memory is generated in encounters with ephemeral artifacts and architectures. 

An interdisciplinary reframing of the concept of the ruin that combines historical and philosophical depth with attentive storytelling, Curated Decay represents the first attempt to apply new theories of materiality and ecology to the concerns of critical heritage studies.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
232
ISBN-13:
9780816694389
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0816694389
Udg. Dato:
14 feb 2017
Længde:
19mm
Bredde:
129mm
Højde:
205mm
Forlag:
University of Minnesota Press
Oplagsdato:
14 feb 2017
Forfatter(e):
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